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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Friday, 04 May 2007 | |
  
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According to the minister for Roads and minister for commerce, Eric, Roozendaal, the agreement means Government agencies will no longer need to negotiate separately with individual suppliers. The new contracts also require environmentally sensitive disposal of replaced computers. "Suppliers will collect old and obsolete equipment and ensure it is disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner," Roozendaal said. Roozendaal said the NSW Department of Commerce had gone to market late last year as a single NSW Government buyer "to obtain the best possible whole-of-government price from manufacturers." Separately new agreements are being developed for notebook computers, servers and associated services. Last month the NSW Government re-appointed AAPT, Macquarie Telecom, Optus and Telstra as approved suppliers to deliver fixed line and mobile services for government agencies under similar new purchasing arrangements that it claimed would cut the state's annual telecommunications bill by more than $50 million a year from 2007/08 onwards. In 2005 the annual spend was around $250 million. Suppliers in three other telecommunications categories - including PABX systems, conference phone services, phone services, phone handsets, managed phone services and some data services - are yet to be selected and this process is due to be completed by mid year. Also, a secondary enterprise development supplier pool is being finalised. It will comprise service providers that have a regional or community focus or are a small or medium sized enterprise.{moscomment} |
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